Community concordance between the fish and aquatic birds of lakes in northern Alberta, Canada: The relative importance of environmental and biotic factors

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 421-437

  Paszkowski, Cynthia A ^a   Tonn, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal lakes; Multivariate analyses; Piscivory; Waterfowl assemblages; Winterkill

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOTIC FACTOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ICHTHYOFAUNA;

CANADA;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSER; AVES; GALLIFORMES; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034120869     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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